WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS

Integrating the art of human movement with ancient yogic wisdom and modern scientific technology, Yoga Doctors Master Classes synergistically blend fun and creative asana sequences with innovative variations to unleash the unlimited potential of your body's innate somatic intelligence.  Past Yoga Doctors Master Class titles include: Jangali Kayamane Flow (The Jungle Doctors Flow), Yoga Kinesis, Explore the Core, Anahata Groove, Heaven and Earth, The Taoist Seat and Therapeutic Flow.

From our nose to our toes, our head to our heart, the tips of our fingers to the intricacies of our spines, our physical bodies (annamaya kosha) provide us with a wealth of information when we know what we’re looking at and how to describe what we’re seeing. Using powerpoint, photographs, drawings, x-rays, live demonstrations, hands-on clinics and yoga asana practice, this workshop explores the anatomy and biomechanics of our joints and muscles while providing both Western and Asian clinical perspectives on harnessing our bodies’ innate potential through yoga.

It has been said that the Sun Salutation sequence (Surya Namaskar) offers a complete and balanced physical yoga practice that mirrors our bodies’ natural movements in the world. Used as a diagnostic tool, we can study the mechanics and asana kinesiology of the transitions between the Sun Salutation poses and gather information about how our bodies actually move through the sequence as a coordinated system. This workshop enhances the observational skills of yoga practitioners and teachers by introducing basic muscle movement patterns, pain-related (antalgic) body posturing and developmental habits that can be seen in one’s yoga practice (sadhana) within the sequence of Sun Salutations.

The art of Yoga Doctors adjusting is based on an infusion of collective elements from various disciplines: Thai massage therapy, Chinese acupressure, Chiropractic manipulations and traditional yoga therapy as taught by Sri Krishnamacharya. This clinic analyzes the postural mechanics involved in some of the most popular yoga asanas and details verbal, structural and hands-on cues that help practitioners adjust yoga poses with confidence, specific intent and therapeutic integrity.

An hour and a half Bhakti Yoga celebration of mantra and music! Chanting Sanskrit names is a profound and heart-oriented approach to working with breath, energy awareness and mental focus. Bhakti Yoga events are a blissful expression of meditation through sound using an ancient language specifically designed to invoke healing through resonance and intention.
Click here to listen to Terra's acapella Gayatri Mantra.

Do you know the best way to approach a flare up of carpal tunnel syndrome using yoga therapy? Or how about the difference between tennis elbow and golfer’s elbow? Maybe you simply want to learn more about injuries that you’ve seen pop up from time to time in your yoga clients affecting the low back, neck and spinal discs? This workshop dives deep into a variety of structural injuries that are found in everyday yoga practitioners.

An organic, insightful journey into the world of yoga therapy, this workshop highlights the roles of specific muscles in and out of postures. While learning to test the lengths and strengths of specific muscles, we will explore how to enhance your yoga clients’ experience and your own personal practice by sequencing poses to strengthen muscle s that commonly need attention and therapeutically lengthen the ones that often work too hard.

Over 80% of all people will experience low back pain at some point in their life according to the National Institute of Health (NIH). Wouldn’t it be great if you w ere able to consciously sequence a yoga practice that specifically contributes to the healing of those who have chronic low back pain? This workshop examines the causes of low back pain and provides explanation on how yoga can be applied to mechanical low back pain as a treatment methodology.

At Yoga Doctors, we realize that sometimes Yoga schools and scholastic programs wish to expose their students and teachers to elements of healthcare science that very few practitioners are able to offer like Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Refacilitation, Post Inhibitory Relaxation Stretching, Physical Therapeutic Techniques Using Foam Rollers and Gym Balls, Acupuncture/Acupressure Point Theory, Myofascial Release Technique and Advanced Yogic Sciences.  This workshop option offers you the opportunity to design your own workshop based on the specifics that you are seeking for your program.